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The story behind the famous photo of Johnny Cash giving the finger during his 1969 San Quentin State Prison gig has been revealed It’s now come to light that before his death in March 2010, photographer Jim Marshall had asked the country legend to express what he thought of the prison authorities when he played the show.

Marshall told the San Francisco Art Exchange: “I said, ‘John, let’s do a shot for the warden’,” before Cash flipped the camera the bird.